Gargantuan

Rather than dealing with “one gargantuan bill,” the Senate should pick out the energy provisions that have the broadest support and are likely to do the most good and pass them individually or in small packages, suggested the ranking Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in a Capitol Hill newspaper article last Tuesday.

Rather than dealing with “one gargantuan bill,” the Senate should pick out the energy provisions that have the broadest support and are likely to do the most good and pass them individually or in small packages, suggested the ranking Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in a Capitol Hill newspaper article Tuesday.

Fresh from a gargantuan six-day, 72-cent price retreat, thenatural gas futures market regained its composure Friday, asscale-down buyers took advantage of lower prices, and new shortscovered positions into the holiday weekend. The October contractclosed up 9 cents at $2.561 in an abbreviated pre-holiday session.